Since you mentioned that you give your daughter a bottle, why not give her
the amount she needs in the formula? That is what we did. You will find as
she gets older that she really will prefer the taste of salty things...and
even eat things if you just add the salt! When my son was a baby, I nursed
him two of his feedings and bottle fed the other 4. In those 4 I gave him
the salt in the bottle...knowing how much he was likely to eat. As for the
other meds, another hint would be to dissolve the pills in some formula or
breast milk...put a bottle nipple and ring in her mouth, once she starts
sucking, squirt in the meds and they will suck it down. This will also work
when they are sleeping and you have to get the meds in at odd hours.

Hope this will work for you!
-Debbi
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From: Jenny Humphrey <JHmphr3@...>
To: CAHsupport@yahoogroups.com <CAHsupport@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, March 24, 2001 8:24 AM
Subject: [CAHsupport] any tips on giving salt supplement?


>Hello. This is Jenny H. I just wondered if any of you had any tips on
>getting your baby to take the sodium chloride supplement. Hunter
>takes both her steriod and florinef with no problems but hates the
>salt stuff and of course that is the one she has to take tid. Right
>now when it comes to med time we give her the first two by having her
>suck on my finger and squeezing them in the corner of her mouth. We
>tried this with the salt with no luck. So we tried squeezing it in
>while she is drinking her bottle. Which works ok, she takes it all,
>but right afterwards she gets the taste in her mouth and refuses to
>eat any more. I've been trying to wait until I think she is close to
>being done then give it to her but I really think there has to be an
>easier way to do this one. At least she won't have to be on this one
>forever they think only a year or so when she starts eating other
>food. I had to get title 19 insursance and I am so glad I did. I
>picked up her meds at the hospital after she was born and this sodium
>chloride which they said is basically salt water, cost $255 for a
>month supply!!!! And I suppose they just get more expense as they get
>older and take larger doses. I appreciate any advice you guys have.
> Thanks,
> Jenny H.
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